Baqarah 235   235- THERE IS NO BLAME UPON YOU CONCERNING THE OFFERS OF MARRIAGE YOU MAY MAKE TO WOMEN INDIRECTLY, OR IF YOU CONCEAL IT INSIDE YOURSELVES.  ALLAH KNOWS THAT YOU WILL BE THINKING OF THEM, BUT DO NOT MEET THEM OR MAKE THEM PROMISES IN SECRET, UNLESS YOU SPEAK TO THEM HONOURABLY.   AND DO NOT MAKE THE INTENTION OF THE MARRIAGE UNTIL THE END... [read more]

Baqarah 234   234- THOSE THAT DIE LEAVING WIVES BEHIND, THEY (THE WIVES) SHOULD WAIT OBSERVING THEMSELVES FOUR MONTHS AND TEN DAYS.  WHEN THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR TERM, THERE IS NO BLAME UPON THEM CONCERNING WHAT THEY DO WITH THEMSELVES IN AN HONOURABLE MANNER.  ALLAH KNOWS WELL WHAT YOU DO.   Further articles of Law concerning Marriage: Widowed women... [read more]

Baqarah 233   233- MOTHERS ARE TO SUCKLE THEIR CHILDREN TWO COMPLETE YEARS, FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO COMPLETE THE SUCKLING, AND FATHERS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FEEDING THEM AND CLOTHING THEM, WITH KINDNESS.   NO SOUL SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH MORE THAN IT CAN BEAR.  NO MOTHER SHOULD BE MADE TO SUFFER ON ACCOUNT OF HER CHILD, NOR SHOULD A FATHER BE MADE TO SUFFER... [read more]

Baqarah 232   232- AND IF YOU DIVORCE THE WOMEN AND THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR TERM (EDDA), DO NOT PREVENT THEM FROM MARRYING THEIR FORMER HUSBANDS, IF THEY MUTUALLY AGREE ON EQUITABLE TERMS.  WITH THIS IS INTRUCTED THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY.  THIS IS MORE VIRTUOUS FOR YOU AND PURER, AND ALLAH KNOWS AND YOU DO NOT KNOW.   This is another... [read more]

Baqarah 231   231- AND IF YOU DIVORCE WOMEN AND THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR TERM, RETAIN THEM WITH KINDNESS OR LET THEM GO WITH KINDNESS, BUT DO NOT RETAIN THEM TO HURT AND BE UNJUST.  HE WHO DOES THIS HAS BEEN UNJUST TO HIS OWN SELF, AND DO NOT TAKE ALLAH’S AYAHS IN JEST, AND REMEMBER ALLAH’S BOUNTY UPON YOU AND WHAT HE SENT YOU DOWN OF THE BOOK AND THE WISDOM INSTRUCTING... [read more]

Baqarah 229-230   229- DIVORCING IS TWICE THEN EITHER HOLDING THEM WITH KINDNESS OR LETING THEM GO WITH KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY.  AND IT IS NOT PERMITTED FOR YOU TO TAKE ANY THING YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM, UNLESS YOU FEAR THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP TO THE LIMITS ORDAINED BY ALLAH. IF YOU FEAR THAT BOTH SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP TO THE LIMITS ORDAINED BY ALLAH, THERE... [read more]

Baqarah 228   228- DIVORCED WOMEN SHOULD WAIT OBSERVING THEMSELVES FOR THREE MENSTRUAL CYCLES, AND IT IS NOT PERMITTED FOR THEM TO CONCEAL WHAT ALLAH HAS CREATED IN THEIR WOMBS, IF THEY BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY.  AND THEIR HUSBANDS HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN THEM (INTO THE MARRIAGE) DURING THIS TIME IF THEY DESIRE RECONCILIATION, AND WOMEN HAS AS MUCH RIGHTS AS THEY... [read more]

Baqarah 226-227   226- FOR THOSE WHO MAKE AN OATH TO ABSTAIN FROM THEIR WIVES, THEY MAY WAIT FOR UP TO FOUR MONTH, IF THEY RESUME LIFE TOGETHER; ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING AND MOST MERCIFUL. 227- AND IF THEY DECIDED TO DIVORCE, ALLAH HEARS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS.   These two Ayahs were sent down to correct an injustice some women used to suffer.  Men were able... [read more]

Baqarah 224-225   224- AND DO NOT LET THE OATH YOU SWEAR BY ALLAH PREVENT YOU FROM DOING GOOD,  ACTING RIGHTEOUSLY AND MAKING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE, AND ALLAH HEARS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS. 225- ALLAH DOES NOT HOLD YOU TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OATHS YOU DID NOT MEAN, BUT HOLDS YOU TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OATHS YOU INTENDED IN YOUR HEARTS, AND ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING AND MOST FORBEARING... [read more]

Baqarah 222-223   222- THEY ASK YOU ABOUT MENSTRUATING WOMEN, SAY: “IT IS HARMFUL (MENSTERUATION) SO KEEP AWAY FROM WOMEN DURING MENSTRUATING, AND DO NOT APPROACH THEM UNTIL THEY ARE CLEANSED.  WHEN THEY HAVE CLEANSED THEMSELVES, APPROACH THEM FROM WHERE ALLAH COMMANDED YOU, FOR ALLAH LOVES THOSE WHO REPENT AND THOSE WHO CLEANSE AND PURIFY THEMSELVES. 223- YOUR WOMEN... [read more]

Baqarah 221   221- DO NOT MARRY THE DISBELIEVING WOMEN UNTIL THEY BELIEVE, FOR A BELIEVING WOMAN SLAVE (OF ALLAH) IS BETTER THAN A DISBELIEVING ONE, EVEN IF SHE ALLURES YOU. AND DO NOT MARRY THE DISBELIEVING MEN UNTIL THEY BELIEVE, FOR A BELIEVING MAN SLAVE (OF ALLAH) IS BETTER THAN A DISBELIEVING ONE, EVEN IF HE ALLURES YOU.  THOSE CALL YOU TO THE FIRE WHILE ALLAH CALLS YOU... [read more]

                                 الظلم والعدل   لا يعرف الظلم إلا بمعرفة العدل أولا , وما حاد عن العدل فهو ظلم.  وبمقدار البعد عن العدل يكون مقدار الظلم.     د أحمد سعفان  [read more]

Baqarah 219-220   219- THEY ASK YOU ABOUT INTOXICANTS AND GAMBLING, SAY; “THERE IS A GREAT SIN IN THEM AS WELL AS BENEFITS TO PEOPLE, BUT THEIR SIN IS GREATER THAN THEIR BENEFITS”, AND THEY ASK YOU WHAT THEY SHOULD SPEND (IN CHARITY), SAY: “WHAT IS OVER YOUR NEEDS”.  THUS DOES ALLAH CLAREFIES HIS AYAS TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY THINK. 220- IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE HEREAFTER... [read more]

Baqarah 217-218   217- THEY ASK YOU ABOUT THE SACRED MONTH AND FIGHTING DURING THE SACRED MONTH?  SAY: “FIGHTING DURING THE MONTH IS A GRAVE SIN”.  BUT OBSTRUCTING ALLAH’S PATH, TO DISBELIEVE IN HIM, AND TO PREVENT ACCESS TO THE SACRED MOSQUE AND DRIVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE BY IT AWAY IS A GRAVER SIN IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH.  INDEED, PERSECUTION AND AGGRESSION ARE... [read more]

Baqarah 216   216- FIGHTING HAS BEEN MADE A DUTY UPON YOU WHILE YOU HATE IT.  MAY BE THAT YOU HATE SOMETHING WHILE IT IS GOOD FOR YOU, AND MAY BE THAT YOU HATE SOMETHING WHILE IT IS BAD FOR YOU, FOR ALLAH KNOWS AND YOU DO NOT KNOW.   Allah the Highest made fighting a duty upon the Muslims in this Ayah.  It is not attacking people for no reason and threatening... [read more]

Baqarah 215   215- THEY ASK YOU WHAT THEY SHOULD SPEND.  SAY: “WHATEVER GOOD THINGS YOU SPEND IT SHOULD FOR YOUR PARENTS, THE CLOSE KIND, THE ORPHANS, THE POOR AND THE WAYFARER”, AND WHATEVER GOOD YOU DO, ALLAH IS KNOWLEADGABLE OF. Allah the Highest encourages the Muslims to give for charity, and there are many Ayahs in the Quran to this effect.  When the Zakah,... [read more]

Baqarah 214   214- OR DID YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL ENTER THE PARADISE WITHOUT THE LIKE OF WHAT CAME TO THOSE BEFORE YOU COMING TO YOU.  THEY ENCOUNTERED AFFLICTION AND ADVERSITY AND WERE SHAKEN, UNTIL THE MESSENGER AND THOSE WITH HIM SAID: “WHEN SHALL ALLAH’S HELP COME”, INDEED, ALLAH’S HELP IS NEAR.    There is a very important principle in this Ayah.  This... [read more]

Baqarah 213   213- MANKIND WAS ONE NATION, AND THEN ALLAH SENT THE PROPHETS WITH GLADE TIDINGS AND WARNINGS, AND SENT THEM THE BOOK WITH THE TRUTH TO RULE OUT IN PEOPLE’S DISPUTES.  ONLY THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE BOOK DISPUTED ABOUT IT, AFTER CLEAR SIGNS CAME TO THEM, IN INJUSTICE TO EACH OTHER.  ALLAH GUIDES THE BELIEVERS TO THE TRUTH CONCERNING THEIR DISPUTES, BY... [read more]

Baqarah 212   212- THE DISBELIEVERS HAVE BEEN ALLURED BY THIS LOWER LIFE, AND THEY MOCK THE BELIEVERS, WHILE THE PIOUS SHALL BE SUPERIOR TO THEM ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, AND ALLAH PROVIDES TO WHOEVER HE WISHES WITHOUT LIMIT.   Allah the Highest describes this life on Earth as the Lower Life.  It is inferior to the Hereafter in every thing, in its pleasures,... [read more]